Teens arrested after trying to rob Lakeland gun store

Two high school students are behind bars after attempting to rob a gun store in Lakeland.

Thursday, February 21st 2019, 5:54 PM EST

Updated:

Thursday, February 21st 2019, 6:01 PM EST

LAKELAND, Fla. - Two high school students were arrested after attempting to rob a gun store in Lakeland, deputies said.

Polk County Sheriff's Office deputies responded around 1:50 a.m. Monday morning to Guns Galore at 2440 Highway 92 East, where they found the front windows of the building shattered out.

Video surveillance shows the first suspect wearing a blue jacket, jeans and mask. He was later identified as 17-year-old Jaquavious Harrison. The video shows him pulling a hammer from a bag and smashing the glass.

Another suspect, later identified as 14-year-old Kaiden Brown, is seen wearing a blue hat and bandana.

After the glass breaks, Harrison and Brown run away.

"Thankfully, the alarm did its job along with steel security bars at the door, and no guns were stolen," Sheriff Grady Judd said.

Deputies said they were able to identify Harrison thanks in large part to the clothes he was wearing. An Air Force ROTC patch on the upper arm of his jacket, tipped off a school resource deputy, a teacher, and a dean at Kathleen High School.

Harrison confessed Wednesday to deputies that he was guilty.

"Our detective did a good job linking Mr. Harrison's jacket to where we could find him," Judd said.

Deputies determined Harrison and Brown had met at a local park before riding their bikes to the gun store.